Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Painting predicates what man wants to see, and what man ought to see, not what he ordinarily sees.

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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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Apple's advantage is that it designs and builds software together, so if the software isn't excellent, it does the superlative hardware a disservice.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.
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Memory is not particularly linear - it is associative, repetitive, subjective and porous. But the writer needs to convey disorder and dysfunction without making the novel itself disorderly or dysfunctional.
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Our suspicions are being confirmed that Nashi will serve as a cover for storm brigades that will use violence against democratic organisations.
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Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine.
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Whether it's backing up or starting, I have the confidence to go out there and do good, so I'm gonna play my role.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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Hopefully in the future, generational challenges will be measured by achievement, not gender.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.
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Myself is thus and so, and will continue thus and so. And why fight it? My balance comes from instability.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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Painting predicates what man wants to see, and what man ought to see, not what he ordinarily sees.